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How to pronounce lapel in English?

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Type Words
Type of lap, overlap
Has types revere, revers

Examples of lapel

lapel
Lisa will have a badge for each of her sons on each lapel, as she normally does.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Fossil watch, 32-inch flat-screen TV, belt buckle, T-shirt, lapel pin, backpack.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Also better than a safety pin to close a gaping blouse or tame a curling lapel.
From the courier-journal.com
A Sydney businessman, Order of Australia button in his lapel, watched admiringly.
From the time.com
On his lapel was a plastic ID with an unsmiling photo and the single word cale.
From the theatlantic.com
Church member Sheila Chestnut, 61, wore a rhinestone Obama pin on her suit lapel.
From the inrich.com
Thomas and several Navy veteran friends received the certificate and lapel pin.
From the signonsandiego.com
Most bowl games have pins that they want you to wear on the lapel of your jacket.
From the freep.com
Kren didn't start her collection until college, when she bought a Cubs lapel pin.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
  • Jacket lapels are the folded flaps of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat, and are most commonly found on formal clothing and suit jackets. ...
  • Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between
  • (Lapels) part of the garment that turns back, especially a front neck line fold
  • A fur, from Fr. la pelle
  • Folded flap on collar of jacket or blazer.